SOLUTION: Timmy has 14 math and science books. He has 5 times more math books than science books. Write a system of equations representing how many math and science books Timmy has.

Question 573065: Timmy has 14 math and science books. He has 5 times more math books than science books. Write a system of equations representing how many math and science books Timmy has.
Answer by mathsmiles(68) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Converting word problems into algebra problems can be tricky. Let's see how to do this so it gets easier for you.

Let's use M for the number of math books, S for the number of science books.
Timmy has 14 math and science books.
S + M = 14

Tim has 5 times more math books than science books. So,
5 x S = M
S + M = 14

This is the system of equations. Since you didn't ask to solve it, just write the system of equations, I'll assume you can take it from here. :-)
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